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Special Benefit Performance of ‘This Random World’ Staged Jan. 25
Posted 1/17/2020 6:00:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 17, 2020 — The University of Idaho Department of Theatre Arts’ production of “This Random World” is one of three plays invited to the Region 7 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF). To raise money to restage the show in Fort Collins, Colorado, in February, a special benefit performance will be held at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 25, at the Hartung Theater, 625 Stadium Drive, Moscow. Admission is by donation. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Read more
Women’s Early Suffrage in the West Focus of Next ‘Seeking Suffrage’ Lecture
Posted 1/16/2020 5:37:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 15, 2020 — Public presentations that mark the century since ratification of the 19th Amendment – granting women the right to vote – continue this month as part of a lecture series hosted by the University of Idaho, Latah County Historical Society and Moscow League of Women Voters. Read more
Pacifica Quartet to Perform at U of I Auditorium Chamber Music Series
Posted 1/6/2020 6:44:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Jan. 6, 2020 — The third performance of the season for the Auditorium Chamber Music Series will feature the Grammy Award-winning Pacifica Quartet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, in the Administration Building Auditorium. Read more
Faculty International Seed Grant Recipients
Posted 12/13/2019 10:54:00 PM
The following faculty received seed grants under the Blazing Trails Abroad program to design a new faculty-led program featuring a general education course abroad in 2021 and 2022: Sarah Campbell, Theatre Arts, "Arts and Culture in Mexico," summer 2021; Russell Jackson, Psychology and Communication Studies, "Origin of the Mind in England," summer 2022; and Glen Stevens, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology, "Rainforest to Reef in Belize," summer 2022. Read more
Interdisciplinary Art and Field Research Receive CLASS Summer Grants
Posted 12/6/2019 11:18:00 PM
The College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) has named the awardees of its 2020 CLASS Summer Research Grants. These grants support tenure-track and tenured faculty in the creation of a sustainable research or creative project. This year's recipients are Ruby Fulton, assistant professor in the Lionel Hampton School of Music, Tobias Wray, director of the Creative Writing Programs, and Kate Kolpan, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Read more
University of Idaho to Host 30th Annual Holiday Concert
Posted 12/4/2019 9:03:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Dec. 4, 2019 — Hundreds of local school-aged singers will join the University of Idaho’s Jazz Choir for the 30th annual Jazz Choirs Holiday Concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 13, in the ASUI-Kibbie Activity Center. Admission is free, but cash donations for the Lionel Hampton School of Music student scholarships will be accepted at the door. Read more
CLASS Awards FY21 Key Grant Supporting Undergraduate Collaborative Research
Posted 12/3/2019 12:45:00 AM
The College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) has named the FY21 awardee of the CLASS Undergraduate Collaborative Research Key Grant. This award is designed to encourage collaboration between CLASS faculty and undergraduate students on scholarly or creative projects. The FY21 grant will continue the work of Porsche Burns, a senior majoring in psychology, and Traci Craig, professor in the Department of Psychology and Communication Studies. Read more
New U of I Research Published on Idahoans’ Climate Change Attitudes
Posted 11/20/2019 12:00:00 AM
Dilshani Sarathchandra and Kristin Haltinner, faculty in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, have published a new article titled "Trust/Distrust Judgments and Perceptions of Climate Science: A Research Note on Skeptics' Rationalizations," in the journal Public Understanding of Science. The study uses interviews with residents of Idaho who identify as skeptical of climate change to examine how they rationalize their doubts about climate science and scientists. Read more
Mitch Gibbs Awarded First Berry International Jazz Collections Fellowship
Posted 11/15/2019 11:06:00 PM
The University of Idaho Library has awarded Mitch Gibbs, a senior majoring in music education from Snohomish, Washington, the Berry International Jazz Collections Fellowship. This student fellowship consists of a $4,000 stipend and an additional $500 in research funds. Read more
U of I Holds Two Events for Acclaimed Author Luis Alberto Urrea
Posted 11/15/2019 10:55:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — Nov. 15, 2019 — Acclaimed author Luis Alberto Urrea joins the University of Idaho’s Department of English for two public events as part of the Distinguished Visiting Writer series. Read more